Juan Diego Flórez et Marina Monzó enflamment Aix-en-Provence

By Irma Foletti, 19 April 2022

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“le ténor péruvien a conservé toutes ses qualités de virtuosité”

Reviewed at Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence on 17 April 2022

Programme to include:

Works by Rossini

Works by Donizetti

Works by Hérold

Works by Gounod

Works by Leoncavallo

Works by Puccini

Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor

Marina Monzó, Soprano

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

Christopher Franklin, Conductor

Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 21st March

The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.

****1

The devil rides a violin bow in Falstaff at Aix

Romain Daroles, 3rd July

A highly successful Falstaff at the Archevêché in Aix-en-Provence, for our greater pleasure: a true lesson in joy in a world where, we are told, all is but a joke.

*****

All that glitters: Barrie Kosky's Coq d'or opens in Lyon

Mark Pullinger, 20th May

Its premiere postponed from Festival d'Aix last summer, Barrie Kosky's staging of Rimsky-Korsakov's political satire finally takes place in Lyon.

*****

Seeing double: Bluebeard’s Castle at Opéra de Lyon

Zoltán Szabó, 26th March

A controversial new production of Bluebeard's Castle by Andriy Zholdak in which Bartók's opera is played out twice...

**111

Renaud Capuçon opens the Aix Easter Festival with Cinéma

Mark Valencia, 13th April

A dashing, captivating concert, lacking only a few mood-changers to stimulate the audience’s eager receptors.

***11

La Cenerentola in Edinburgh: comic direction to savour

David Karlin, 24th August

Herheim pulls us in unexpected directions, makes us laugh and makes us think as we enjoy fine Rossinian music and singing in Opéra de Lyon's production.

****1

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Irma Foletti

Italienne, géomètre de formation, Irma s’est soudainement prise de passion pour l’opéra il y a bientôt 35 ans... en même temps que son mari François, la flamme étant allumée alors par un certain Luciano Pavarotti ! Installée depuis 15 ans dans le Sud de la France, elle fréquente très assidument les théâtres et festivals de cette région, et se déplace aussi en France, Europe, Amérique. Ses goûts musicaux sont assez larges, avec tout de même deux chouchous : Rossini et Meyerbeer.

Juan Diego Flórez et Marina Monzó enflamment le Grand Théâtre de Provence